Occasions of Rabi al-Akher

Date: 25 October 2022 - 20:47

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Salaam dear young friends; hope you are all fine by the Grace of God. Keep yourselves warm in these cold days.
Today is the last day of Rabi al-Awwal, and tomorrow the month of Rabi al-Akher will start. It is the auspicious month in which a great blessing of God descended upon mankind. The 8th of this month is that auspicious day on which the 11th Infallible Heir of the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger, was born.
As a matter of fact, Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS), who was destined to be the father of the Promised Redeemer of mankind, Imam Mahdi (AS), strove to enlighten the minds and hearts of the people with the genuine teachings of Prophet Muhammad (SAWA).
We are all indebted to him for his wise guidelines that enable us to proceed on the straight and unwavering path of Islam with the universal message of peace and fraternity, irrespective of the animosity of the terrorists whose satanic efforts to desecrate the holy shrine of Samarra, where the 10th and 11th Imams repose in eternal peace, ended in their own disgrace.
Well, the 10th of Rabi al-Akher remains an eternal reminder in this regard. It was on this day in 202 AH that a noble lady of the Prophet’s Household departed from the world as a result of a dastardly attack on her entourage by agents of the usurper Abbasid regime.
These agents thought they had succeeded in preventing the meeting of a sister with her brother, but to their horror, they were soon wiped out from the face of the earth, while it is the two siblings whose memories continue to remain alive till this day. In contrast, there are no traces of even the graves of the Abbasid caliphs.
Yes, dear youngsters, we are referring to the passing away of Hazrat Fatema al-Ma’souma (SA) – the daughter of Imam Musa al-Kazem (AS) and the sister of Imam Reza (AS) – whose shrine in Qom is the site of pilgrimage for followers of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt from all over the world, and the centre of diffusion of the genuine teachings of Islam.
Well friends, this was the end of our today’s chat. As usual we would like to remind you all to follow the health protocols. We earnestly pray to the All-Merciful to send showers of Mercy on Iran and other countries so that the current pandemic would be controlled.